'Lucy' is the most famous hominid fossil in all of paleoanthropology. But why is she so significant?
ELLIE MCNUTT is an Assistant Professor of Instruction working in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine. Her interests include the evolution of bipedal locomotion and the effect of forces on bone development.
MARK from Evolution Soup talks with Ellie about human bipedality, Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis) and the astounding Laetoli footprints - a snapshot of three-million-year-old hominid behaviour.
#lucy #laetoli #bipedalism
Afar drone footage by Chris Horsley
Thumbnail image: Lucy reconstruction by Élisabeth Daynès @atelier_daynes
00:00 START
01:43 Ellie's Background
05:57 Ellie's Research
12:01 The Story of Lucy
20:59 Lucy's Species
26:38 The Laetoli Footprints
36:07 Trackway 'A'
47:00 Future Projects
LINKS FOR ELLIE MCNUTT
SITE: https://mcnuttej.wixsite.com/ellisonmcnutt
TWITTER: @bones_on_the_go
https://twitter.com/bones_on_the_go
RESEARCH:
Footprint evidence of early hominin locomotor diversity at Laetoli, Tanzania https://bit.ly/3FC4NiQ
Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine: https://www.ohio.edu/medicine/
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